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Franciscan Apothecary in Dubrovnik


Franciscan Monastery, Franjevački samostan, Dubrovnik, Croatia Snuck in between the Holy Saviour Church and the Franciscan Church is a little passageway that leads to the latter’s monastery.  This building also contains what is proudly proclaimed to be the third oldest, still functioning, pharmacy in Europe.  And it’s all very pretty. The monastery was originally built outside the Ragusan walls in…

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